Neurobiology of the Placebo Effect, Part I

1. Placebo Analgesia in Rodents: Current and Future Research Asaf Keller, Titilola Akintola and Luana Colloca 2. Expectancy Modulation of Opioid Neurotransmission Marta Pecina and Jon-Kar Zubieta 3. Placebo Effects in the Immune System Martin Hadamitzky, Wiebke Sondermann, Sven Benson and Manfred Schedlowski 4. Human Pharmacological Conditioning of the Immune and Endocrine System: Challenges and Opportunities J. Tekampe, H. van Middendorp, F.C.G.J. Sweep, S.H.P.P. Roerink, A.R.M.M. Hermus and A.W.M. Evers 5. Response Expectancy and the Placebo Effect Irving Kirsch 6. A Functional-Cognitive Perspective on the Relation Between Conditioning and Placebo Research Jan De Houwer 7. The Application of Persuasion Theory to Placebo Effects Andrew L. Geers, Pablo Briñol, Erin A. Vogel, Olivia Aspiras, Fawn C. Caplandies and Richard E. Petty 8. Mindsets Matter: A New Framework for Harnessing the Placebo Effect in Modern Medicine Sean R. Zion and Alia Crum 9. The Role of Social and Interpersonal Factors in Placebo Analgesia Elizabeth A. Necka and Lauren Y. Atlas 10. What Is Minimally Required to Elicit Placebo Effects? Karin B. Jensen 11. Critical Life Functions: Can Placebo Replace Oxygen? Fabrizio Benedetti, Diletta Barbiani and Eleonora Camerone 12. Placebos Without Deception: Outcomes, Mechanisms, and Ethics Luana Colloca and Jeremy Howick 13. Placebo and Psychotherapy: Differences, Similarities, and Implications Jens Gaab, Cosima Locher and Charlotte Blease 14. Expectation Focused Psychotherapy to Improve Clinical Outcomes Bettina K. Doering, Julia A. Glombiewski and Winfried Rief 15. Nocebo Effects: Neurobiological Mechanisms and Strategies for Prevention and Optimizing Treatment Julian Kleine-Borgmann and Ulrike Bingel 16. Nocebo Effects and Experimental Models in Visceral Pain Sigrid Elsenbruch and Franziska Labrenz 17. Using Learning Strategies to Inhibit the Nocebo Effect Veronica F. Quinn and Ben Colagiuri 18. Can Knowledge of Placebo and Nocebo Mechanisms Help